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1Public Law 75 688; 15 U.S.C. 717 & 717w. 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and 5 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on August 18, 2015. 

Dated: July 28, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19067 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC15–8–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–576); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting its information 

collection [FERC–576, Report of Service 

Interruptions] to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

previously issued a Notice in the 

Federal Register (80 FR 28991, 5/20/

2015) requesting public comments. The 

Commission received no comments on 

the FERC–576 and is making this 

notation in its submittal to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by September 3, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0004, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Commission, in Docket 

No. IC15–8–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–576, Report of Service 

Interruptions. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0004. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–576 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: A natural gas company must 

obtain Commission authorization to 

engage in the transportation, sale, or 

exchange of natural gas in interstate 

commerce under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA).1 The NGA also empowers the 

Commission to oversee continuity of 

service in the transportation of natural 

gas in interstate commerce. The 

information collected under FERC–576 

notifies the Commission of: (1) Damage 

to jurisdictional natural gas facilities as 

a result of a hurricane, earthquake, or 

other natural disaster, or terrorist 

activity, (2) serious interruptions to 

service, and (3) damage to jurisdictional 

natural gas facilities due to natural 

disaster or terrorist activity, that creates 


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2 (15 U.S.C. 717c). 

3 (15 U.S.C. 717f). 

4 18 CFR 260.9(d). 

5The Commission defines burden as the total 

time, effort, or financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal agency. For 

further explanation of what is included in the 

information collection burden, reference 5 Code of 

Federal Regulations 1320.3. 

6The estimates for cost per response are derived 

using the following formula: Average Burden Hours 

per Response * $72.00 per Hour = Average Cost per 

Response. The hourly cost figure comes from the 

FERC average salary ($149,489/year). Commission 

staff believes the FERC average salary to be 

representative wage for industry respondents. 

the potential for serious delivery 

problems on the pipeline’s own system 

or the pipeline grid. 

Filings (in accordance with the 

provisions of section 4(d) of the NGA) 2

must contain information necessary to 

advise the Commission when a change 

in service has occurred. Section 7(d) of 

the NGA 3 authorizes the Commission to 

issue a temporary certificate in cases of 

emergency to assure maintenance of 

adequate service or to serve particular 

customers, without notice or hearing. 

Respondents to the FERC–576 are 

encouraged to submit the reports by 

email to pipelineoutage@ferc.gov but 

also have the option of faxing the 

reports to the Director of the Division of 

Pipeline Certificates. 18 CFR 260.9(b) 

requires that a report of service 

interruption or damage to natural gas 

facilities state: (1) The location of the 

service interruption or damage to 

natural gas pipeline or storage facilities; 

(2) The nature of any damage to pipeline 

or storage facilities; (3) Specific 

identification of the facilities damaged; 

(4) The time the service interruption or 

damage to the facilities occurred; (5) 

The customers affected by the service 

interruption or damage to the facilities; 

(6) Emergency actions taken to maintain 

service; and (7) Company contact and 

telephone number. The Commission 

may contact pipelines reporting damage 

or other pipelines to determine 

availability of supply, and if necessary, 

authorize transportation or construction 

of facilities to alleviate constraints in 

response to these reports. 

A report required by 18 CFR 

260.9(a)(1)(i) of damage to natural gas 

facilities resulting in loss of pipeline 

throughput or storage deliverability 

shall be reported to the Director of the 

Commission’s Division of Pipeline 

Certificates at the earliest feasible time 

when pipeline throughput or storage 

deliverability has been restored. 

In any instance in which an incident 

or damage report involving 

jurisdictional natural gas facilities is 

required by Department of 

Transportation (DOT) reporting 

requirements under the Natural Gas 

Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, a copy of 

such report shall be submitted to the 

Director of the Commission’s Division of 

Pipeline Certificates, within 30 days of 

the reportable incident.4

If the Commission failed to collect 

these data, it would lose the ability to 

monitor and evaluate transactions, 

operations, and reliability of interstate 

pipelines and perform its regulatory 

functions. These reports are kept by the 

Commission Staff as non-public 

information and are not made part of the 

public record. 

Type of Respondents: Natural gas 

companies. 

Estimate of Annual Burden 5: The 

Commission estimates the annual public 

reporting burden for the information 

collection as: 

FERC–576—REPORT OF SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number 

of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden & cost 

per 

response 6

Total annual 

burden hours 

& 

total 

annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) 

Submittal of Original Email/Fax ............... 22 2 44 1 

$72 

44 

$3,168 

72 

Submittal of Damage Report ................... 22 2 44 0.25 

$18 

11 

$198 

18 

Submittal of DOT Incident Report ........... 22 1 22 0.25 

$18 

5.5 

$99 

18 

Total .................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 60.5 

$3,465 

108 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: July 29, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19058 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0500; FRL–9931–68– 

OAR] 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

Updated Ozone Transport Modeling 

Data for the 2008 Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of data availability 

(NODA); request for public comment. 


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